These are all book reviews related to Prophet... Why?
Does the mysterious figure know more about the Prophet? Or... is the mysterious figure the Prophet himself?
The Prophet's prediction could be interpreted as him knowing the contents of the 'novel' in advance!
This guess made Wen Jing's heart tighten, and a sense of crisis arose instantly.
If the mysterious figure at this moment is Prophet, then he will soon know that she has Clone, and even that she has fled into the universe to gather power for revenge!
Wait... no, the mysterious person didn't even read the original novel after opening their phone; they went straight to the book reviews.
If you haven't read the original text, it means you've most likely already read it.
The book review section for Chapter 170 is filled with sadness over the teacher's death, and all mentions of her revolve around revenge. This suggests that readers must have known from previous chapters that she had the ability to Clone, which greatly reduces the probability that the mysterious person is Prophet.
Soon, this conjecture was completely overturned by the mysterious person's obvious pause in a book review.
Netizen: Mocun
Dream... you, you, you... crying, crying, crying, crying... teacher, ahhh, crying, crying, crying, crying, crying... Old Bai, don't go!
Dream...?
Wen Jing's heart stirred.
After a pause, the mysterious person continued scrolling through the book reviews until--
Netizen: Liang Shangyan
This is too formulaic, and I'm not happy about it.
The page experienced its longest pause since I started browsing book reviews.
"Creak--!"
At the same time, Wen Jing's cold, Sharpness forelimbs scraped against the metal back of the phone, producing a sharp, unusual sound.
A routine... a routine, huh...?
This book review made her suddenly realize something: her teacher's death was a disaster, a blood feud, a truth she had to uncover, and a slim hope of resurrection.
But from the author's perspective, it might just be a 'plot trope'.
Because Dean Bai is the most important mentor in her life, is it necessary to make sacrifices to promote her growth?!
Reason tells Wen Jing that there must be a reason behind the ambush designed by the Prophet. Even if there really is an author, he must provide a reasonable explanation to complete the logical cause and effect of the plot.
But what she was concerned about was that, with the existence of an 'author,' there was no guarantee that the other party had first designed the 'effect' of the teacher's death and then deduced a 'cause' in reverse!
And the culprit behind all of this...
The phone screen paused on the book review of ' Liang Shangyan ', and then a message reply box suddenly popped up below.
This was the first time the mysterious person had responded after browsing book reviews for a long time.
Some behaviors are subconscious reactions that occur in socialized humans.
For example, sensitivity to one's own information, sensitivity to negative information...
The earlier pauses in the speculation about the Prophet's message could be interpreted in various ways, but the unusual reactions to the last two messages clearly reveal the identity of the mysterious person controlling the phone.
The novel "*** *** Calamity " is written by Meng□□.
The dark compound eyes stared blankly at the reply box on the phone, as if looking through the screen at the mysterious person manipulating the phone.
She wanted to see what the dream would say in response.
She will record all of the other person's behavior, Analysis the motivations and personality logic behind their behavior, and then predict their actions, find weaknesses that can be exploited... to build a cognitive-behavioral model of the 'author'.
It doesn't matter if the action itself is part of the dream's narrative.
This aligns with the character's established personality, and the author couldn't stop it. Ultimately, regardless of whether Wen Jing can achieve it, it will still reveal a lot of information.
Start typing in the reply box: bu...
Wen Jing saw that Meng□□ typed the word 'no', and the input cursor was flashing after it.
No? That's not right?
On the screen, the backspace key in the input area is pressed, the word that was just typed is deleted, and the cursor goes out.
Meng□□ ultimately didn't reply to anything, but suddenly closed the reading app.
"We've been discovered?"
Wen Jing thought this, the logic of multiple consciousnesses rapidly deduced.
The next moment, she saw the other person open a short video app.
"Meow~ Meow~" A video of a cute, round-faced cat appears on the splash screen.
Read on to the next one.
Swish, the parrot drifts.
Swish, late-night snack.
Swish, a borderline video.
A barrage of visual fragments, requiring no thought, comes crashing down.
After watching and Analysis for a while, Wen Jing belatedly realized what had happened.
Avoiding direct conflict and relying on low-cost dopamine compensation are typical behaviors of stress avoidance and instant gratification.
Meng□□... didn't react because of her observation at all, but simply because a negative comment 'broke her defenses' and she started watching short videos!
The expected cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness, the 'author' who manipulates everyone's fate at will.
We are so weak in the world we live in.
Wen Jing was originally preparing to face an unknown and dangerous strange civilization, planning to find the other party's weaknesses, but he found that this guy was gluttonous, lecherous, and had a weak will... all of these were weaknesses.
Chapter 199
After a brief silence, Wen Jing's heart skipped a beat: perhaps this was just a facade that Meng □ □ wanted her to see.
Just like the specific rules governing this site, she still hasn't reached a complete conclusion.
Because of this thought, Wen Jing subconsciously expanded his Mental Vision again.
"What?!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as her Mental Vision opened, she was caught off guard and saw the core of this ruin's world—the cell phone in front of her.
To be precise, it's not the physical phone, but the content displayed on the phone screen at this moment.
It was a rectangular, typical software window, filled with a Chaos of colors, but the '-', '□', and '×' icons arranged together in the upper right corner corresponded to minimize, zoom in, and close.
Perhaps it should be called... an information window.
But the core of the world appeared so simply?
She did nothing, encountered no enemies, faced no threats. This information age relic core, which should have been even more dangerous than the Factory World, was like a fruit hanging in front of her, within reach.
To make sure it wasn't a hallucination, the psychic insect stepped forward and took a bite out of the window.
The Chaos colors in the window flickered slightly, and she bit a notch into the edge.
32711, 32811...
As Wen Jing's Skill Points on the panel soared, it also triggered his Compulsive Eating.
"It's actually true..."
The sense of absurdity reached its peak at this moment.
In other words, she can now directly devour the core of this world and complete the conquest of this ruin.
It took less time than any other ancient ruin to be devoured in the past. Is this still the Ancient Wilderness?
Moreover, from the author's perspective, this 'copy design' is far too perfunctory. Isn't Meng□□ afraid of negative reviews from readers?
While still in shock and uncertainty, Wen Jing noticed another inconspicuous change on her phone screen.
It's a smartphone, but the screen is producing that kind of black and white static noise that you only see on old-fashioned televisions.
Moreover, it wasn't a momentary flicker; it was a continuous issue, resulting in a permanent loss of a pixel on the screen.
"Because it devoured a bit of the world's core?"
Seeing this, she took another bite of the information window in her Mental Vision, and sure enough, she saw that the noise on the phone screen had increased again, now numbering three.
Wen Jing immediately realized that if she devoured the core of this world, she would still be able to gain special characteristics, but the characteristics she gained might not allow her to see 'book reviews' like she does now.
There's a high probability that it might not even be visible.
She didn't gain any abilities simply by encountering certain rules within the ruins she devoured along the way.
The core of the world is merely a condensation of a civilization's symbolism. What specific abilities one gains after being devoured is only a matter of strong correlation; there is no guarantee that it will definitely be something specific.
"So, this is most likely the price for devouring this world..."
The black insect shifted its position, sitting on the bed with its phone in hand.
If it were any other ancient world, Wen Jing would have devoured the core directly by now.
However, the information available from this world was so unique that she did not act rashly and decided to continue to observe and probe.
Anyway, the world's core is right in front of us. If any changes occur, we can still devour it later.
While she was making this decision, Meng□□ seemed to still be immersed in the information stimulation brought by short videos, constantly scrolling through different content.
Skip quickly if you're not interested, and read the whole thing if you are.
Short video apps are also capturing user preferences and pushing similar videos.
Sometimes it's not that you derive much pleasure from it, but rather that it creates a psychological habit that's hard to break free from unless a more attractive source of information comes along.
until...
When I came across a video recommending a female-oriented erotic comic, the screen finally paused.
Once the comments section was opened, the person controlling the phone quickly found the relevant information and then skillfully switched to another app.
The next screen was blurry, covered in pixelation.
Wen Jing: "..."
Well, at least it's completely confirmed that Meng□□ is female, although you can basically tell from the fact that she's the main character.
The comic should be a short story; you can finish it in just a few minutes.
After the mosaic disappeared, Wen Jing naturally expected the other party to continue posting book reviews.
However, Meng then opened the folder labeled 'Games' on her phone and, as if familiar with the process, selected the Sudoku mini-game.
Wen Jing: "..."
Doesn't this guy ever do anything productive?! When are you going to start writing novels?!